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1 September 2026
Security Reimagined: ICAN’s 2026 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Forum

ICAN's WPS Forum 2026: Security Reimagined

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12 May 2025
The Odd Couple: Women Peacebuilders and Security Actors Bridging Positions, Building Trust

The WPS agenda has proven a vital entry point for women peacebuilders to engage with the security sector and build trust within affected communities. These efforts—often invisible—are contributing to the reform of the sector, reshaping local security environments and mitigating violence.

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21 April 2025
The War Against Ourselves: Afghan Women Peacebuilders’ Response to the Mental Health Crisis in Afghanistan

This case study describes the drivers of the mental health crisis in Afghanistan, its gendered and cultural dimensions, and the strategies used by Afghan women-led peacebuilding organizations to provide solutions. The authors conducted interviews with representatives of Afghan women-led peacebuilding organizations and thematic experts, which were complemented by a desk review of project documentation and […]

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Security Reimagined: ICAN’s 2026 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Forum

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March 14, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Hashtag Feminism in Afghanistan Feminist writer, Zarlasht Sarsam Safy, writes about the wave of feminism that has engulfed Afghanistan
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 14 March 2018
February 7, 2018 by Lauren Mellows The Egyptian Revolution Continues A Commentary by Rana Allam. Despite the Egyptian regime's guns and tanks, and the farcical elections, the revolution of the minds cannot be stopped.
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January 12, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Iran After Protests: Change Does Come By Sanam Naraghi Anderlini If past events are any predictor of the present, it would be erroneous to assume that they will result in either the status quo remaining or...
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 12 January 2018
January 10, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN releases the Better Peace Tool Video in Mandarin Chinese Our first thematic animation Gender and Inclusion in Mediation and Peace Processes, based on the Better Peace Tool (2015) booklet is now available in Mandarin.
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December 19, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Peacekeeping is a Woman’s Job Some 17 years after the UN resolution on women, peace and security, women make up just 5 percent of deployed blue helmets. It’s time to find the political will...
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December 12, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Jerusalem: A High Price For An Unnecessary Move By handing Israel the city of Jerusalem, which Palestinians view as the heart of the two-state solution, Trump has killed any hope of a viable peace process. Rana Allam...
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 12 December 2017